Ilkim Oulanem

Ilkim Oulanem is a one-person female black metal project in Turkey. In 2005, Oulanem formed a pure black metal band called Messershmit in Ankara. After performing as a bass-vocal in the band for a while, in 2008 she released a personal 2-track demo.

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Biography:
Ilkim Oulanem is a one-person female black metal project in Turkey. In 2005, Oulanem formed a pure black metal band called Messershmit in Ankara. After performing as a bass-vocal in the group for a while, in 2008 she released a personal 2-track demo. In this demo named “The Alarm”, all lyrics, vocals and all instrumental performances belongs to Ilkim Oulanem and gathered quite interest and critically well-received. She toured in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Eskiehir for this demo.

Nowadays with her current schedule of concerts in various cities of Turkey, she also completed to work over a split album with an U.S. band Demonic Holocaust and her second E.P “Iblisbilim” which will be released in 2009. The split album features 5 tracks including “Hey Puppet” from the demo “The Alarm”, and the E.P will offer 3 songs and one track remixed.